Terrible FPS, too choppy to play. MOP Update

I have an alienware m17x with more than capable hardware to run this game. my older computer which is complete 'crap' runs ultra no problem. i cannot play on low settings without getting 10-17 fps. Wanted to come back to this game but this is making it unable to play. -> happened with the new MOP Updates. playing cata on ultra was absolutely fine.

I uninstalled my drivers and i was able to play on good/high but eventually shadows and textures would black out. Updating my driver makes it unplayable.

First off I want to know when you got this since looking at the alienware website it doesn't even have those specs... yes I'm looking at their M17x...

I don't think there is a dedicated graphics card on this system and the very low cpu speeds may be a problem.... really 8 cores at 1.6 ghz... wtf was Intel thinking besides not every single game makes use of these multi-core.... was common to see 2 cores as the minimum but 4 is eventually becoming common or at least recommended to have but anymore than that then you aren't really going to get an increase performance...

When there isn't a dedicated graphics card and/or sound card then the CPU has to do the work (so for example: it is common to have a PC that doesn't have a sound card but has a dedicated graphics card so this means the CPU has to do the audio work but isn't really a significant performance decrease unlike having no graphics card) which further decreases the CPU performance... I wouldn't even risk of overclocking this.. CPUs these days have an on-board graphics card and is recommended to stick with it for basic pc tasks but when doing video games then you will encounter problems either the software wont run or you will get a huge performance hit

If I read/comprehend the OP correctly you had a previous system that ran "Ultra" pre-set with playable fps but you decided it was "obsolete" and got this system as an upgrade... I quite don't understand what is going on.... please provide more info and/or corrections to the OP if you made a mistake...

I was also thinking you either bought this from someone/where else or you received the system from Dell and decided to buy "upgrade" hardware to replace the initial/OEM hardware...

The laptop was upgraded with the purchase years ago. i am aware these are outdated specs from the current ones on dells website. my desktop is my main unit, but i am using this is because i am in school and do not want to bring my desktop on a 4 hour drive to where i am staying.

My desktop which is really outdated compared to this laptop, minus the graphics card runs the game fine. i fooled around with a few settings, as of now i can play on high/good but textures still seem to turn black after about 40 minutes of play time. i assume it is my graphics card since it really isnt all that great but, but i mean playing on these settings i dont see why textures and shadows go missing after 40 mintues of game time. restarting the game fixes it, but i do not like doing it every 40-60 minutes.

Updating the driver for this graphics card makes the game unplayable. just wondering what they did in MOP that would change my game play so drastically and if there is something i can do to fix it.

Same thing is going on with me. My computer was running fine, perfectly fine on high settings sitting at around 50-70 fps and all of this sudden this last week its started chopping down to 11 fps on the lowest settings >.> Hope they figure out whatever it is soon because this is madness

Same thing is going on with me. My computer was running fine, perfectly fine on high settings sitting at around 50-70 fps and all of this sudden this last week its started chopping down to 11 fps on the lowest settings >.> Hope they figure out whatever it is soon because this is madness

You should start your own thread. That is how things are done on this forum. On your new thread create a dxdiag report. Press windows key + R - a Run Box will appear. Type dxdiag in the box - click OK. The windows tool will load then use the save tab along bottom.

This forum is actually a "perk" provided by Blizzard. The forum GMs pop on and off from their other jobs. They are a "perk" as well. Much of the assistance you will get is from folk like myself who like a tech puzzle. No where in the TOS is it written that Blizzard must provide support.

Saying that - If you haven't already I would try DirectX 9. On the launcher top left corner Options > Game Preferences > Graphics API - toggle that to DirectX 9 then test. If that seems to help then update to the most recent Catalyst driver.

Install and run on desktop.It will record min/max temperatures of various sensors your system might have. The ones I am interested in on the Processor Core temperatures and Video Card temperatures (video card may not show).

Leave it running on desktop and go play for a few minutes - run around fight a few things. Then Tab out and look at the temperatures I mentioned.